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F.TENNYSON NEELY. PUBLISHER. NEW YORK & LONDON 




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Dewey Islands 

Cuba 

Porto Rico 



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and the Military Ca 
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nrl the Military Camps are from the famous collection secured bv the Novelist and War Correspondent Gilson Willets, a 
uinph of ■* ankee Doodle." "His Neighbor's Wife." "Anita, the Cuban Spy," Etc. Sent to Cuba by F. Tennyson Neely. 



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Those from the 
DEWEY ISLANDS, 
our new possessions in 
the East, are reprodu- 
ced from photographs 

procured by Miss 
Margherita Arlina 

Hamm, 

author of the popular 

books entitled "Manila 

and the Philippines." 

"Porto Rico," etc. 



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. TENNYSON NEELY, Publisher 

J4 Fifth Avenue, New York, and 
96 Queen Street, London. 

REAR-ADMIRAL GEO. w DEB l'V 

Whose victory at Manila triumphantly opened the late war and 
set the pace for the American Army and Navy 




MAJOR-GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELER, 
The Hero of the Santiago Campaign. 







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COI.. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, 

The Hero of the Battle of San Juan Hill, and leader at 

the famous "Roughriders." 



LIEUT. RICHMOND PEARSON HOBSON, 

The young Hero who sank the "Merrimac," and rauwl 

the Maria Theresa." 



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m , . . . SECRETARY JOHN D. I.ONG, 

wnose administration of the Navv Department made possible 
the victories of Dewey and Sampson. 







REAR-ADMIRAI, WINHIK1.D SCOTT SCHLEY, 
Who demolished ilir swinish Fleet ai Santiago. 







MAJOR-GENERAL FITZHUGH LEE, 

t he Heroic American Consul at Havana, now in command ol 

an Array Corps. 




MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM R. SHAFTER 
Iu command of the United States Troops m the bautiago 
Campaign. 




General Fitzhueh Lee. in Full Uniform, with Two Members of His Staff. ■ Photo, by Par/ow, Tampa, Fla. 




View of the Mascot of the 5th U. S. Battery. Photo, by Gihon ll'illets. 




Mounting Guard — Grand Diversion of the Day in Cam^. Plioto. bv GUsoa H'ilUts. 




The Battery in Line and Artillery at the Wharf Commanding Sweep of Tampa Bay. 




Sergeant Davidson of the 16th U. S. Infantry. Champion Marksman of the U. S. Army, Shooting at Mark 

One Mile Away. Photo, by Gilson milcts. 



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Company " I " of the 71st Regiment of New York Volunteers at Tampa. 




Recruits Drawing Clothes in Camp at Tampa. Photo, by Gitson Withts. 




Mess Tent at Headquarters, at Jacksonville. Photo, by Gilson Willets. 




The Company Cook. Photo, by Gilson WtUets. 




View of the Cuban Ambulance Corps. Photo, by Gilson Willets. 




General Arnold and Staff at Camp Cuba Libre, Jacksonville. Fla.. Commanding ist Division of the 7th Army Corps 
under General Fitzlmgh Lee, Bound for Porto Rieo. photo, by Gilson Willets. 




In Camp at Tampa. Trooper at AVork between Drill Calls. Photo, by Giteon Ifillets. 




12th U. S. Infantry Entertaining Visitors. Photo, by Gihon H'illets. 




Group of Officers of the 7th Regiment of the U. S. Army. Photo, by Gilson Willets. 




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These Officers Command Colored Troops. Photo. byGilso'i Willrts. 




Chaplain of the New Jersey Volunteers at Jacksonville Handing an Applicant a Testament. Photo, by Gilson Wmets. 




GENERAL VIEW OF MANILA, SHOWING CATHEDRAL. 
This is a very striking scene, accentuated by the quaint semi-rustic bridge in the foreground, and the square turret- 
shaped towers of the Cathedral in the distance. 




INTERIOR OF ISLAND, LUZON, CATHOLIC CONVENT. 

This is a beautiful panorama, indeed. There are few finer views to be obtained anywhere. The rich foliage, and the 

gradually rising mountains in the distance, form a grand natural spectacle. 




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Courtyard of a Hotel. 




A VIEW OF MANILA. 

This forms a particularly pleasant outlook for those who have had for the first time the opportunity of seeing the city 

from the center of the bay. There are many irregular and curiously constructed buildings on each side. 




A COUNTRY CHURCH, LUZON. 
This fine medieval structure is worth going a long distance to see. It is dark with age, and crusted over in portions 

with time-grown moss. 




SUGAR HOUSE, MANILA. 
There is almost as much sweetness concentrated under the roof of this building as can be found in an American 

girls' school. 




MAIN STREET, MANILA 
This is formed of a curious conglomeration of all shapes, sizes, and makes of buildings. Some of the stores are 

modern and up to date, while others are the very opposite. 








A COUNTRY HOUSE, LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 

Giving an idea as to the better class of country houses of the residents. It is built almost on the lines of the native huts, 

but of course much more commodious and better finished. 




JAPANESE GEISHAS IX LUZON. 
Represents the happy, careless tea-girls, who lead lives of gilded ease and cruel sameness, always having to appear 

amiable and look pleasant. 




JAPANESE 'RICKSHAW AND COOLIE IN MANILA. 
This method of conveyance is frequently met with, having been imported from the adjacent country of Japan, which is 

also responsible for the introduction of the Geisha. 




RUSTIC SCENE IN THE PHILIPPINES. 
This is a marvelous little bit of water-landscape well worthy of any artist's consideration. 




SPORTING AND HUNTING SEASON. 
A group of sportsmen with their coolie servants and attendants. They appear to be a happy lot. The hut in the back- 
ground is a little the worse for wear. 




COAST SCENE. SHOWING JUNKS. 

These wonderful boats are marvels of lightness, portability, and carrying capacity. The natives sometimes live on 

board them all the year around. 




Copyright 1898, by F. Tennyson Neely. 

Morro Castle from opposite shore under the walls of Fort Punta. Taken March 11, 1S98, by an American 
photographer at the risk of his life. Cabanas Fortress, where political prisoners are confined, on the right. Morro 
Castle is the Bastile of Havana. 




HOSPITAL SCENE. 
"Tells its own tale. Though bare and unfurnished, it is clean, and, for the class of inmates intended, fairly comfortable. 




Gen'l Miles, Commanding U. S. Army and Staft. Photo, by Havens, Ja.&sonni/r, Fta. 




This Line of Steamers is Strung Along the Wharf for One Mile, Waiting to Carry Troops to Cuba. 




Meal Time in the Field, the Men Carrying ihcir Various Utensils. Photo, /<v Gilson Willets. 




These Officers Were All Wounded in the First Battle in Cuba . Major Bill, Lieutenant Byram, Captain Knox, 

and Captain Young. PAoto. 6v Gilson Willets. 



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with ** Roosevelt's Rough Rulers" on Board, Ready for Cut 



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Transports Waiting in Tampa Bay to Take Troops on Board. Photo, by Gilson Willets. 




Col. Benham, 7th U. S. Infantry and Staff. Maj. Corliss, Killed in the Battle before Santiago, July 20. Photo, by Gilson milets. 




Hoisting Carriage for Heavy Siege Guns on Board the Orizaba" Intended to Reduce Santiago Photo, by Gilson Wi 



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General Shafter and His Staff. Photo, by Parlow, Tampa, /'la. 




Baking Bread for the Soldiers at Santiago, after the Fight at San Juan Hill. Photo, by Gilson Willets. 




Crack Marksman of the U. S Army in ( »ne of His Charactei stie Attitudes °koto. by Gttson unlets. 








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Cooking for Band of the gth U. S Cavalry— Crack Colored Band of the Army. Photo, by Gilson Willets 




Regulation Army Field-Kitchen of " Roosevelt's Rough Riders." Phot t Wittets 




71st New York Regiment Embarking for Cuba. Photo, by Cilson ti'ille/s 




New York Naval Reserves on Board S. S. " Olivette." Photo, by Gilson WilUts. 




Leaving the Train for the Transport. Photo, by Gihon Willets. 




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Domestic life in Havana. A courtyaTd in the center of the house of a rich Cuban family. Photo taken early 
morning. Showing the senor trimming his lemon and banana trees, the sefiora and la senorilas in background, 
the inevitable dog, and the usual number of bird cages. 




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Havana Cathedral, center of town, where funeral of "Maine" martyrs was held. A crumbling building, two 
hundred years old, revered by the Cubans. , 




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In the streets of Havana O'Reilly Street— narrowest in the city. 




Copyright 1898, by F. Tennyson Neely. 
In the harbor of Havana. 



Government sheds adjoining Morro Castle. Walls of Cabanas prison in foreground. 




Copyright 1898, by F. Tennyson Neely. 

In the streets of Havana. Inglaterra Hotel, where General Lee and all the correspondents lived. This is the 
center of the town, and the picture was taken at two in the afternoo. to show how completely the Plaza is deserted 
during the hours of the siesta. 




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Havana and harbor from a roof-top. Photograpli taken from the roof of highest house in the city of Havana, 
that of Sefior Cadalla, a retired tobacco merchant, the Vanderbilt of Havana. 




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In Havana streets. The Plaza Theater Tacon, in the background. 
Havana. All the masquerade balls are given in this building, 
before guard mount. 



The Tacon is the Madison Square of 
In die Plaza the volunteers assemble every morning 




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Havana View of Fort Cabanas — the political prison. Behind these impenetrable walls hundreds of political 
prisoners are incarcerated, cut off from the world as utterly as Siberian exiles. 




Copyright 1898, by F. Tennyson Neely. 

Outskirts of Havana. The Tower of Lazare. Last of the series of old fortifications around the city. 
Spanish have ordered guns to be placed in this tower at once. 



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Cuban reception room. House in Havana 
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s room is always directly off the street. The front door opens 




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A typical parlor in the house of a Cuban family of the middle class in Havana, showing servant in the doorway. 
La senora sits in her inevitable rocking chair, where she spends her days rocking, always rocking. 




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In the streets of Havana. The hated and drea led Spanisli volunteers marching through the Prado on their way 
to guard mount. Early morning. 




Copyright 1898, by P. Tennyson Neeiy. 

In Havana streets. Women's prison for political prisoners. This is where Cuban women are confined when 
accused of conspiracy against the government. From this prison Miss Cisneros was liberated. 




Copyright 1898, by F. Tennyson Neely. 

In the streets of Havana. Group of professional beggars selling the food which they have obtained by begging 
in other parts of the city. This is a street in the worst portion of the city. 




Copyright 1898, by F. Tennyson Neely. 

In Havana streets. The Prado, Havana's Fifth Avenue, as it is during the hours of the siesta. Lighthouse ot 
Mono Castle in the distance. 




2<1 U S Cavalry Getting Ready tor Action — Using Carbines Instead of Rifles, nolo, by Giltm WilUti. 




Last Moments before Going to the Front— Writing Home, rhoto. by Gilson WilleU. 




Distribution of Literary Matter in Front of the Chaplain's Tent at Chickamauga. photo, by Gilson WUUts. 




Troopers of the 6th U. S. Cavalry Taking Care of a Sick Horse, photo, by Gilson Willets. 








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The gth U. S. Cavalry Taking Horses to Water at 4 p. m., at Chickamauga. Photo, by Gilson Witttts. 




Guard House at Tampa— Soldier in Front of Tent on Guard. Photo, by Gilson WilUts. 




The mn U. S. Infantry Pitching Camp at Chickamauga. photo, by also,, WOUts. 




Fever Wards in Division Hospital at Jacksonville. Photo, by Gilson Willets. 




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View of Interior of Red Cross Tent, Showing Sick Soldiers on Cot. Photo, by Gilson Wiltets. 




Company Cooks for Recruits Mess Hall at Camp Townsend 



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Grooming Horses in the Open Field with Plenty of Elbow Room Photo, by Gilson Willets. 




Camp Cuba Librcat Jacksonville, 7th Army Corps ; Group of Officers Reading Orders. Photo, by Gilson Willets. 




Gathering of the Band for Morning Music at Chiekamauga l'ark Pkatc try liiUon WilMi. 




Col. Carroll and Staff of the Famous 6th U. S. Cavalry at Mess. Photo, by Gilson Willets. 




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OpyrtgHt 1898, by F. Tennyson Neely. 

Early morning, Havana. Crowds watching volunteer Spanish troops passing, 
exchange stations. 



Every morning regiments 




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Havana. Spanish gunboats in harbor off navy yard. 




TYPICAL BEDROOM IN FIRST CLASS HAVANA DWELLING. 




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On the outskirts of Havana. Boys selling water. In the early morning they charge five cents a can : at noon, 
three cents. The can is shown hanging in the water barrel. The owner of a cart has to take out a vender's license 
the same as the candy man and the breakfast carrier. 




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Cuban Girl. 




A cluster of native boats at the upper end of the wharf. Noon-time ; very warm. The boatmen are all gathered 
in the shade of the covered wharf. 




Sunday mining ra.i« in the field Spanish officers and soldiers attend divine service between battles, and 
'sometimes dodv/e hnllets while they tell their beads. The priest stands near the extemporized altar. 




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Spanish Gunboat in the Harbor of Havana. 




Scene in Prado, near Inglaterra Hotel. Showing Spanish soldiers on their way to guard mount at o a. m. 



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In the streets of Havana. Group of negro children playing in front 01 schoolhouse. These are members 
of the senior class. At the age of eight they graduate. No further schooling for negroes is provided for by the 
Spanish Government. 




NATIVE LUMBERMEN AT REST. 
The vehicles are almost as simple in their construction as the buffalo carts, and they serve an equally useful 

purpose. 




COCK-FIGHT IN LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 

One of the chief pastimes of the natives, as it is indulged in all over the Islands. Luzon is a 

particular center for this almost national sport. 




A FARM BUFFALI I I IF CAVITE. 

Almost as aboriginal as the bun It will be noticed that the buffalo is not over-weighted 

with harness nor the driver with clothes, but between them they 

Kct through a fair amount of work. 




PEDDLERS OF OIL INDUSTRY. 
These are to be met with on nearly every street corner; oil being much used in cooking. 




BUFFALO CART ON RUNNERS. 
These are to be seen daily in the streets, and, as may be noticed, they are very simple in their con- 
struction. The boys driving the buffaloes are quite characters in their way. 




PACKING MANILA SUGAR INTO BAGS. 
These square houses are often scenes of great activity. 




A MESTIZO. 

This is the native term for what in this coun- 
try would mean the child of a Spaniard 
or Creole and a native Indian 
— of which this lady is a 
grown-up specimen. 




A HALF-CASTE LADY OF WEALTH. 

Represents one of the upper class in the cos- 
tume usually adopted by such ladies, 
and which is of a very rich 
and costly character. 






COCK-FIGHTER OF SULU. 

The usual attitude assumed by the opponents and their backers on the commencement of the fight. The backer appears 

to be almost as interested as the bird itself. 




INTERIOR OF A VILLAGE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 
An exceedingly realistic scene, showing the native Philippine houses at their best. The resi- 
dences of the natives are generally picturesque and have plenty of ventilation. 




NATIVE HUT. 
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MAIN BOULEVARD. BINONDO. 
This is a favorite locality, greatly used by pedestrians and those fond of broad, leafy drives. 




REMOVING THE DEAD FOR BURIAL ON THE COAST. 
This is a painful scene, and unfortunately of late much too frequent an occurrence. 




A STREET RESTAURANT, PHILIPPINES. 
From this to Delmonico's is a long step, but nevertheless it duos considerable business. The dishes are more 

nourishing than tasty and the prii e are not prohibitive. 




NATURAL BRIDGE AND NATIVE VEGETATION. 

This is quite a well known trysfing place for native lovers. In the summer time when the foliage is at its best it is a 

grand sight; the rich, deep colors vividly contrasting with the clear sky above. 




NATIVE FISHING, THE BANCA. 
This appears to be a primitive method, yet it is very effectual, judging from the large " catches ' 
secure. It looks an idle, easy, "Weary-Willie " sort of a life, but it isn't. 



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A NATIVE COLLEGE CLASS. 
Shows what education can do. The group of young men represented here are an example to any community. 




Disembarkation of Regulars Preparatory to Sailing for Cuba. 




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The Flag Ship of Transport Fleet at Tampa. General Shafter on Board, photo, by Gilson Willets. 






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Cuban Volunteers in Their Barracks , Many of These Were Cigar Makers at Tampa. Plwto. by Gilson WJllets. 




Position Taken by Crack Marksman in V. S. Army in Firing at a Long Distance, photo, by Gilson Willets. 




General View of the Artillery Camp at Tampa. Artillery in the Distance. 




Drilling Raw Cavalry Recruits-F ir st Drill on Horseback. /.„„, by Gihon „, 



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Cuban-American Regiment. Figures in the Foreground Are General Sanguily's Aids. Photo, by Gilson m 



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A Camp of Cuban Soldiers in the Act of Repelling an Assault. Photo, by Gilson WiUet*. 




Inside View of Tent Belonging to the 6th U. S. Cavalry — These Tents Are Called " Tepees." Photo, by Gilson Willets. 




Eating Rations in the Field, with Mother Earth for a Table. />//,./,. by Gilson Willets. 




Camp of Nursp« and Doctors, photo, by Gilson Willets. 




2(1 Massachusetts Regiment Going on Board Transport at Tampa. Photo, fry Gilson Willtts. 




Major General Brooke, Commanding U. S. Army in Porto Rico, with Two Members of His Staff. Photo, by Gilson Wittets. 




After reaching town the gamecocks are speedily pitted against each other and the betting begins. The cocks are 
sometimes unwilling to fight, but are forced to do so for fun and gain. 




Havana men about town " on dress parade," in front of the Hotel Inglaterra. Cuban and Spanish swells gather 
here every morning and evening to see and to be seen. 




Relief station in Havana. On certain days, and gnated hours, portions of coil >led 

out to the starving. These sights were and are com mo lies. 




A typical si le street in Havana, showing the narrow sidewalks, the pavement, the condition of street traffic, the 
low houses, the street signs, the omnipresent church, and the general conditions of life in the Cuban metropolis. 




The Conti River, near Havana, is crossed at this point by a ferry. The ford has been often mined by the Cubans, 
and hundreds of Spanish soldiers have been blown to atoms. 




This is a typical Sunday morning scene in one of the side streets of Havana, and indicates a negro dance— " up 
and down and all chassee." Negroes are children of sun and fun. jj 




I The interior of a Cuban dry-goods store, with the proprietor in the foreground, with his clerks in their regular 
attire. All the clerks in Havana are similarly dressed — or, rather, undressed. 




The most talked-of couple in Havana — General Arola and Elsa Tobin. The sefiorita is the daughter of the 
Spanish army in Cuba, and was recently married to the general, who is what we would call the mayor of the city, and 
old enough to be her father. 




( Santo Suarez is the principal relief station in Havana. For a while, until the outbreak of war with the United 
States, 4000 reconcentrados were here daily supplied with food, medicine, etc. 




In the country beyond Havana the natives live in houses of which this is a type. There is not much luxury to lie 
founil in it. but it affonls .it least a shelter 




Atypical Havana | fence of the be I I rniture is of solid mahogany, 

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Here is a typical country store, on the coast near Havana. Merchandise is drawn on an ox-sled, wheels being 
seldom used when runners will answer the purpose. Bad roads explain this preference. 




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In Havana streets. Pi , tomb of Cnlumbus in the earlv morning. 




-, A negro funeral. Ordinary negroes are carried to the grave in cheap plain boxes. This was a rich man— a fact 
which his coffin proclaims. 




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View in Obisbo Street (renamed Weyler Street) — the Broadway of Havana. Tis covered th 3 entire length with 
awnings. Merchants stand in doorways, awaiting the coming of Spanish troops. 




* Another scene in the hospital of the American Orphan Asylum, showing reconcentrado boys dying of starvation, in 
the last stages, beyond relief, with protruding bones. Pictures like this explain the war now being waged against the 
tyranny which produces such piteous fruit. 




Relics of plantation life. The oldest negroes guard the children and discipline them. The sign of office is a Key. 
This old negro has locked disobedient children in the house. 




Typical dining room of well-to-do Cubans. They are drinking coffee at six o'clock A. m. 
in place of linen. It is easier to wash, and Spaniards are ease-loving. 



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Last photograph of Joaquin Ruiz, who was shot by the Cubans when he went out under Spanish instructions to 
offer the insurgents autonomy. At a picnic, the Monday preceding his death, this picture was taken. He stands with 
a cross on his hat. 




In Havana, as elsewhere, milk dealers are suspected of wavering the milk. This dealer avoids suspicion by milking 
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Here is a sad but common scene. Reconcentrados are dying of starvation in the hospital of the American Orphans 
in Havana — too far gone to be saved by the belated treatment. 




Cuban Volante. This one was used by ex-President Cleveland when he visited Havana. It was smashed by a 
company of volunteers, " because it had been used by a Yankee pig." 




At this point in Havana visitors are landed in native boats, and the Custom House is also shown. Ships lie in the 
offing instead of alongside the wharf, as in New York. 





Two prominent Cuban belles, Sefioritas Isabella and Anita, daughters of prominent families. They sat for these 
photographs under a promise that their family name should be withheld. Flirting in Havana is done behind window 
bars, with a duenna at hand. The arrangement of the mantilla is a fine art. 



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A tobacco plantation near Havana, with negro " hands," in Sunday attire, assembled in front of their huts. 
special plantation is protected by a permanent guard of ioo Spanish soldiers. 



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Boys are boys the world over, and in all colors and languages. These youngsters are having a fine time with the 
donkey, who does not enjoy the situation half so much, and whose " business end " longs for employment. 



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Group of Spanish sefioritas, taken March 17, in the courtyard of Senorita Consuelo Varuna's home. 
in the foreground, and is the most famous beauty in Havana. 



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This building was hastily run up to afford shelter to the homeless reconcentrados after the attention of the civilized 
world was drawn to their condition , one of the few things ever done by the Spanish in haste. 





Major General Nelson A. Miles. 



Rear Admiral William T. Sampson. 



